Reply to "Does hand hygiene reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission?"

Tracy H T Lai^{1

2}, Emily W H Tang^{1

2}, Kitty S C Fung³, Kenneth K W Li^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ophthalmology, United Christian Hospital, 130 Hip Wo Street, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR.
² Department of Ophthalmology, Tseung Kwan O Hospital, 2 Po Ning Path, Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong SAR.
³ Department of Pathology, United Christian Hospital, 130 Hip Wo Street, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR.
⁴ Department of Ophthalmology, United Christian Hospital, 130 Hip Wo Street, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR. kennethli@rcsed.ac.uk.
⁵ Department of Ophthalmology, Tseung Kwan O Hospital, 2 Po Ning Path, Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong SAR. kennethli@rcsed.ac.uk.

Comment

Tracy H T Lai et al. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2020 May.

. 2020 May;258(5):1135.

doi: 10.1007/s00417-020-04653-4. Epub 2020 Mar 28.

Tracy H T Lai^{1

2}, Emily W H Tang^{1

2}, Kitty S C Fung³, Kenneth K W Li^{4

5}

¹ Department of Ophthalmology, United Christian Hospital, 130 Hip Wo Street, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR.
² Department of Ophthalmology, Tseung Kwan O Hospital, 2 Po Ning Path, Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong SAR.
³ Department of Pathology, United Christian Hospital, 130 Hip Wo Street, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR.
⁴ Department of Ophthalmology, United Christian Hospital, 130 Hip Wo Street, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR. kennethli@rcsed.ac.uk.
⁵ Department of Ophthalmology, Tseung Kwan O Hospital, 2 Po Ning Path, Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong SAR. kennethli@rcsed.ac.uk.

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Comment on

Does hand hygiene reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission?
Yang C. Yang C. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2020 May;258(5):1133-1134. doi: 10.1007/s00417-020-04652-5. Epub 2020 Mar 27. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2020. PMID: 32221693 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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